Editorial: The money is already here
Despite a sharp escalation in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, global investors are already voting with their wallets ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Sept. 14-15 investment summit in Toronto. Total…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Drone wars deepen West’s critical minerals squeeze
Drones deployed in the Russia-Ukraine war account for an estimated 4% of global germanium demand, adding pressure to a small critical minerals market dominated by China, according to BMO Capital…
Collective extends Colombia’s Apollo on 15-g/t gold hit
Collective Mining (TSX, Nasdaq: CNL) has extended its Apollo system in Colombia 100 metres north after two drill holes targeting the deeper Ramp zone unexpectedly cut a new mineralized breccia…
Rio’s Barton joins Carney’s $1T investment drive
Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX, NYSE: RIO) chair Dominic Barton to lead Invest in Canada’s board as Ottawa expands the federal agency’s role in attracting…
Court ruling backs Perpetua’s $1.3B Stibnite build
Perpetua Resources (TSX, Nasdaq: PPTA) is pressing ahead with early construction at its Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho after a U.S. federal court upheld key approvals against an environmental challenge….
Talamore gets key road permit for Coffee gold project
Talamore Mining (TSX: TALA; US-OTC: TALMF) has secured the remaining major permit needed to complete the 214-km all-season road to its Coffee gold project in Yukon, removing a key infrastructure…
Boliden’s $1.3B Nexa buy adds S-American zinc, silver
Sweden’s Boliden (STO: BOL) has agreed to buy Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim’s controlling stake in Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) for $1.3 billion (C$1.8 billion) in shares, giving the European miner a…
Koryx drills nearly 1 km of copper in Namibia
Koryx Copper (TSXV: KRY; NSX: KYX; US-OTC: KRYXF) has drilled the longest continuously mineralized intersection yet at its Haib copper project in Namibia, adding support for a resource update and…
Stillwater more than triples Montana resource
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) has established an initial indicated resource and more than tripled inferred tonnage at its Stillwater West project in Montana, sharply increasing its inventory…
Vizsla cuts 3.3% copper over 48 metres in BC
Vizsla Copper (TSXV: VCU; US-OTC: VCUFF) has cut the longest high-grade copper intersection drilled at the Woodjam project in central British Columbia, including nearly 50 metres above 3% copper. Hole…
Gold Fields says Ghana treating miners as ‘easy target’
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) CEO Mike Fraser criticized Ghana’s mining policies on Tuesday, saying the government is treating the sector as an “easy target” for revenue as uncertainty hangs…
Q2 Metals drills 404 metres at 1.57% lithium at giant Cisco in Quebec
Q2 Metals (TSXV: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) has drilled its best hole yet at the Cisco lithium project – which it estimates as the fourth-largest globally – while the explorer in…